Reporter thats right. You see a lot of firefighters on scene tonight. The fire completely gutted a centuryold home, but fortunately everyone inside made it out unhurt. Reporter neighbors said they were shocked at how quickly the flames raced through the home. When i heard the dogs barking and my neighbor screaming, i looked outside and saw her second floor was like completely enblazed. Reporter firefighters arrived in force, scrambling to the second floor to fight the blaze. A neighbor snapped this photo of the firefighters climbing over the home like ants. The firefighters recognized we needed forces on the front and the backside, and we were going to get up in the attic to snub it and make sure they didnt drop into the basement also. Reporter the flames made quickwork of the centuryold woodframe home. They thanked the firefighters from keeping the flames from spreading. Like they always do, they ran into a dark, smoky building to make sure no one was hurt and save property. Reporter as soon as firefighters say its safe to do so, investigators will begin the work of trying to figure out what sparked the fire, which they think began on the homes second floor. Garrett haake, wusa 9. Garrett that could have been a lot different tonight. Now to the other breaking story we are following, a fire on board of a metro train. The had to be evacuated at the addison road station. Thats where prince georges firefighters are investigating and ellison barber is live. Reporter firefighters believe the fire was intentionally set by two teenage boys. Its back to normal here. It has been for hours. Most people dont realize anything happened, but at 7 45, prince Georges Fire Department says they responded to a fire inside of a train car, and a metro employee was table to put the fire out with an extinguisher, but they evacuated the train. Its believed the teens used newspapers or something to light. They took it to the next stop and put it in the yard. Its out of service, and right now the prince Georges Fire Department and metro police are investigating it as an act of arson. Luckily no injuries were reported. Virginia state police are investigating a fatal crash on the southbound lanes of i195 near exit 69, franconia. We know one confirmed death. Traffic is still tied up that the hour. Avoid the area if possible. No details own the victim or what caused the accident. Perhaps you are looking live at this clear, but very cold night, across the dc area. I mean its the coldest night of the winter so far, and its shocking us to the core. Lets go out to meteorologist topper shutt. How does it feel . I have my gloves and my scarf on. The kids need it for the bus stop tomorrow. Lay it out so you dont have to fight in the morning. Actual temperatures, 19 in frederick, and already 24 downtown, and 24 in waldorf and 24 in dale city. You factor in the win the, and it feels like the Single Digits this is crazy. A few days ago, in the 60s and 70s. Tomorrow morning, youre waking up, it everyonetures in the teens across the board. The northwest flow will continue, and the winds will be better tomorrow. By 8 00, only 20 downtown, and 19 in leesburg, and 19 in fairfax, and we will come back. Going all the way through the day, looking ahead to one storm on friday, and the all important sunday forecast is coming up. Topper, thank you. Fairfax county is among the local jurisdictions making sure Homeless People have a warm and safe place to sleep. The county and its partners provide a cold Weather Network of shelter shelters november through march. They have a no turn away policy. If you see someone outside, call the countys nonemergency phone line. Now is a great time to get the latest wusa news app. It has toppers 3degree guarantee and the extended forecast when you need it. To the district now, the death of a patient at washington medstar was a homicide. The medical examiner says 74 yearold James Mcbride died of severe neck injuries, and back in september he got into a struggle with hospital officers known as special police when he tried to leave without being discharged. We initiated an investigation around the procedures of licensing special Police Officers following the incident at the hospital, and we expect mpd to come back with some recommendations. The special Police Officers involved no longer work for medstar, and dc police and the u. S. Attorneys office are still investigating. New information coming out about the president s plans for new gun control measures. Hes set to meet with members of congress, but he says he will move on with or without them. Reporter with the attorney general by his side in the oval office, president obama said monday he would defy the Republicancontrolled Congress and implement new gun control measures by executive action. This is not going to solve every Violent Crime in this country, prevent every mass shooting, and its not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals, and it will potentially save lives. Reporter the president will require small gun dealers to provide background checks for buyers and make it more difficult for those who have been convicted to buy guns. He has a phone, and he has a pen, but if you live by the pen, you die by the pen my pen has an eraser. Reporter Chris Christie believes the courts will strike down the president s plan. Its not constitutional, and im confident the courts will reject his attempts to do that. Reporter house speaker, paul ryan said its a dangerous executive overreach and says the country will not stand for it. A developing story in dc tonight. A barricade sitration near the george town situation near the george town water front has just ended peacefully. The man was locked up since 3 00 this afternoon. Police said people around the building were never in danger. No details about who the man is or why he refused to come out. The mayor of dc is accusing the council of moving too slowly on her crimefighting legislation. The mayor says its been 131 days since she proposed the package of bills to fight the surge in homicides. The council has not acted. We are calling them to act on the Public Safety legislation. One proposal would allow the city to hire retired Police Officers without cutting into the their pensions, and the package has a controversial plan for warrantless searches. The council says the mayor has been slow to provide certain data, but a package will be up for the Committee Vote by the end of the month. Now look at surveillance photos that came into this evening. Metro Transit Police want to question these people about a brutal attack that happened on december 21st on a red line station at the nomagallaudet station. Police want to talk to anyone who can identify someone in the pictures. The redskins will host the packers on saturday for the first playoff game in 3 years. Tonight mola lenghi talked to one family who has lived through the redskins highs and lows. Theres been plenty of them. Reporter a lot of us have lived through the highs and lows but for the last 5 decades this family has seen everything they have had to offer, and they have attended everything from the preseason games to the super bowls, and to this family, the redskins are more than just a football team. 51 years we have been season ticketholders. Reporter 51 years thats a lifetime. Dad was born in 1937. The redskins are only 5 years older than dad. Growing up a fan here was amazing. Reporter at the familys home hanging beside the School Portraits of their kids, you will see the plaques of the teams, pictures of the hall of famers. This is riggins. Reporter and the view from their old seats at rfk. Dick talks like hes telling an old family story. The days when they were battling, instead of putting up their sign, we put up go hogs. Reporter the redskins stories are the family stories. His daughter refused to miss a game even though she was in her trimester. Mom used to fall asleep at the games. Cut her a break. She went to 38 years of games. Its more than the Football Games with wins and losses. To us, its family. Thats where it has been every sunday. We had great times. Reporter when they struggled, their group of season Ticket Holding friends dwindled. People said it wasnt worth going to the game. Reporter guess who stuck by the skins like family . Guess who wants to rejoin the family. People call and say i need tickets. Yeah, now i need tickets. Reporter he will make sure to save one of the tickets for his new grandson. He will be a redskins fan. I can guarantee you. Reporter of course, because hes family. As you can imagine the brockards will be there for the playoff game, and its one of the hardest tickets to get in town. I want to be at his tailgate, mola. You know he has stories. General admission tickets went on sale at 10 00 this morning, gone in 13 minutes, but there will be a limited number of premium club seats available, and if youre willing to pay, you always check in with ticket resale sights like ticketmaster and stubhub. Right now 115 for standing room only. We have asked you to share how youre getting pumped up for the big game. A lot of you have great pictures so far. Elizabeth tweeted cooper hornbeak, hes the number one fan. No doubt about it. Little dotty also sharing a picture of her pooch, and wrote run, pass, or score, we want more, beat em, swap em, let the points score. Lots of decked out fans here. And another pup ready for the game. From denise. This is cougar she says. He looks rough. All hail the mighty mighty redskins. Thats the cutest, roughest dog i have ever seen. Share your fan pics with us. Get all the content you need whenever you want it. You can post your thoughts and pics on skinson9. We have plenty of special coverage ahead. We would love for you to be part of it. New details tonight. Her dog protected her after being injured in a fire, and now the woman is being charged with arson. What happened to the four legged hero . An armed malitia group took over a federal building. How much longer will the occupation continue . A woman is in hiding after a rant about a restaurant that get three payments on us and dont worry about payments until march 2016, when you lease a new 2016 xc60. A shocking twist with a story we brought you last month this is a pitbull standing guard of the woman whose house burned. The Prince Georges CountyFire Department is charging her with arson. She allegedly set the fire the day before but she didnt report. April newel is being held on half a Million Dollars bond. She got in a fight with her son, poured gasoline on to a pile of her sons clothes and set them on fire in his bedroom. It was on the 66th place in landover hills. As for the pitbull, precious is her name. Shes living in Anne Arundel County with a woman right now. Her foster family welcomed her with open arms, and they have a lot of requests for adoption. She is hopefully going to be getting adopted by a close personal friend of mine, and it will be contingent on how her dog responds to precious. Jessica there by phone says she doesnt think it will be a problem. No word on charges related to the fire that forced the family out of the home. The damage was estimated at 100,000. Tonights bad news for a man who is trying to keep the county from closing down his homemade ice rink. Cobb said they told him hes in violation for not having enough restrooms or a food permit even though people can bring their own food. From now on he can have no more than five visitors on the ice per day, and he cannot start a gofundme page to raise money for a potential legal fight. That was created in honor of his daughter who died last year. Fun Police Moving in now the latest on the standoff at a National Wildlife refuge in oregon. Theres no sign that the federal officers are making quick moves to retake the government complex from protesters who took control this weekend. The local sheriff says its time for them to go. The hammonds have turned themselves. Dwight hammond and his son steve have turned themselves in. The protesters are demanding a hearing for the hammonds. Tonight, another reminder to think twice before you hit the send button. Because of a woman in indianapolis who wrote a blistering review of a restaurant she went to on new years eve. She said her night was ruined by watching a dead person being wheeled out of the place after an overdose and the restaurant staff ignored her because of a junkie. The owner later said it was an elderly woman who had a heart attack, and shes now in critical condition. The public shaming has now gone global. Always nice to share those fantastic stories. You never know what is going on with people. You never know. Its not a place to dump your emotions. Especially since everybody can see what you say. I heard that. We have a 3degree guarantee. Mr. Bernstein thought it would be 37 today. I thought it was going to be a bullseye, but we were close. Off by one. Im going to stick for 35 tomorrow for the high, and then you can follow us by downloading our app to see how we do. Live look outside. Now to 24. Thats as cold as it has been so far today, and really so far this year, at least at national. Dew points in the Single Digits. Relative humidity, 42 . If your hands start to crack and itch, you know why. Old tomorrow with less wind. Thats good. Bus stop temperatures, 1226. Those are actual temperatures. Not as cold as wednesday, still dry. Milder on thursday. We should make it to 50 on thursday, and so, heres the futurecast. 6 00a. M. , and teens everywhere and we are looking at 17 in fredericksburg and 18 in gaithersburg and 17 in bowie and 17 in fairfax. So day planner going like this these are downtown temperatures. 11 00, 27, 1 00, 31. The temperatures will go up. Back to 40 on wednesday. Sunshine back to 50 on thursday, and a slight chance of a sprinkle on thursday. All important game on sunday, showers are possible, upper 40s, and colder again on monday. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. You dont look a day over 70. Am i right . Jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, you stay young forever. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance you switch to geico. You make me feel so young. Its what you do. You make me feel so spring has sprung. We live in a pick and choose world. Choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . 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Winning a playoff game is our number one objective, and some of the teams we have beat would be over 500 if we didnt beat them, and you know, we are looking at it like that. The Green Bay Packers have three wins over the teams who have played the playoffs. The burgundy and gold are riding the wave of momentum. The pack is, and their all star qb are no stranger to the playoff, so which will prevail on sunday, experience or momentum . Washington is a good football team. They finished 97, big wins down the stretch to clinch the division, and the quarterbacks are playing hot form, and we have to focus on them, the normal week for us playing sunday, and then we will be ready to play. Join us sunday morning at 11 30 for game on, and we will broadcast live from fedex field from green bay. Speaking of which, time for time travel. We go back to 1972, the last time green bay and washington met in the postseason, the redskins fans remember this. They were down, and second year as head coach. 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Oh, there it is. 35 tomorrow, 40 on wednesday, and temperatures are going up. 50 on thursday, and maybe a sprinkle on thursday, better chance of rain on friday, and some showers are possible on sunday. It could be dryer than that. We will keep you posted. We have a week to clear this up. Yeah. Just one full day. We will be all right. That will do it for us on wusa 9 news tonight. Thank you for watching. Stephen colbert is next. Have a great night. Stay warm. Bye. The new year means a house full of new devices. And that can slow your internet down. So you should get verizon fios quick. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for 79. 99 a month online youll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus with a 2 Year Agreement fios gives you 400 back and all the premium movie channels for a year. Hurry, this offer ends soon. So go online or call now. Get out of the past. Get fios. 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